Category: Rants
Today, the announcement was made that BCV (Bible College of Victoria) is in negotiations to purchase and relocate to a new location in Wantirna. This move sparks a new season in the life of BCV, which is also in discussion of changing its name. The purchase is pending the sale of its current site in Lilydale within the next four months. If all goes ahead, then BCV is expecting to begin renovations in September 2009 and move in January 2010. Further, the move will also bring on one single site both the English department (based in Lilydale) and the Chinese…
Current situation on the bushfire (link). Simply unbelievable. The current death toll stands at 173 people and still counting…the bushfires of “Black Saturday”, 7th February 2009 are the worst event seen since Ash Wednesday. I’m simply lost for a response to the whole situation. What can you say to such a disaster? Entire townships have been razed to the ground…I wish there was something I could do, I wish this didn’t happen, but it has. My prayer: “God, you are the Lord over all Creation, over the winds, the rains, the sun, moon and stars. In this dark hour, people…
I was visiting a friend’s church last Sunday and usually, I’m energised by the worship. However, on this occassion, my spirit was heavy and it dragged me down rather than having my spirit lifted through the worship. I wanted to see God, I wanted to find God in my heaviness and I began to pray in my heart that I would see Him. Then, I recalled a passage that was shared on a couple of days before: Elijah, after performing a spectacle to prove with an act of fire that the Lord God was the One True God before all…
Where: Stadium Cafe, Mulgrave Currently: in need of faith… God,Sitting in the relaxing atmosphere of this cafe highlights the importance of this time I spend with you. You deserve my time, my life, my all – for you are God Almighty! Yet, even with such knowledge, intimacy grows over time not through my “understanding” of the heavens. I sit here, humbled and ashamed of my lack of faith before such an awesome God. As I await the decision of confirmation or rejection by my leadership, I am anxious, shaken by the thought that I possibly made a serious mistake. Yet,…
